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| Muslim groups see conspiracy in Meerut gang rape | |
| 2014-08-09 | |
| [ARABNEWS] In the aftermath of alleged forced conversion and subsequent gang rape of a 20-year-old Hindu woman who taught at a madarsa in Meerut recently, Mohammedan community leaders are of the view that Hindu teachers should not be hired to impart education at madrasas. That's probably a logical statement in Arabic. The UP Modernized Madarsa Association (UPMMA) has decided not to appoint women from the majority community as teachers in madarsas. The decision was taken after Hindu organizations joined hands and issued an ultimatum to the Meerut district administration demanding arrest of the culprits. The committee officials and madarsa holy mans handed over a memorandum of their demands to the district magistrate in which they have called for a fair probe and demanded an effective check on elements trying to disturb peace and harmony in the area.
Coordinator of the Committee, Qari Shafeeq, also said the whole episode was nothing but a conspiracy to tarnish the reputation of madarsas. He said four days after a madrasa teacher made shocking allegations about being kidnapped, forced to convert and then gang-raped, the main accused, Hafiz Sanaullah, still remains scot-free. Questions are also being raised over the working of Meerut police as no team has yet visited Muzaffarnagar to identify the madarsa where the victim was allegedly held captive. Neither have efforts been made to identify the people who took her there, or the hospital and doctor who treated the girl. Qari Shafeeq said the very concept of madarsa education is to impart religious education to Mohammedan children. If the government wants to impart modern education to children, they should be sent to traditional schools. The modern madarsas usually hire teachers from majority community both male and female and here the problem arises. Spokesperson for All India Moslem Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Qasim Rasool Ilyas, said modern education had drawn people from other community to the madarsas. In the name of modern education, the government is trying to change the basic structure of madrasas, he said. Modern madarsas usually hire both male and female teachers. "This may lead to repeat of Meerut-like incidents. The role of madarsas should be limited to religious education and those who want formal education should go to school." Ilyas said the AIMPLB condemned the Meerut incident and the accused involved in the gang rape and conversion of the girl should get strict punishment. Coming down heavily on the BJP and Hindu organizations for 'poisoning the atmosphere', the committee also expressed its dismay over the soft attitude of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav and its officials toward these organizations, which, according to it, had taken law and order in their own hands. "The entire propaganda is to extract political mileage," alleged Ilyas. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Conspicuously absent 1) Any kind of sympathy fr thevictim 2) Any assserrtion about the piouusmusslim erHindu pprovocateu having been castrated for the rape of an unterfrau |
| Posted by: JFM 2014-08-09 12:08 |